Erode: Tension prevailed in Burgur forest araa in the district following the mysterious death of a 10-year-old tribal girl, police said.
They said the girl, the third of three daughters of a farm worker, had left home yesterday morning and did not return following which a search was launched. Her body was recovered from behind a thick bush.
They said the body bore bleeding injuries and the post-mortem would reveal whether she was raped and murdered.